EP0291080A2 - Foldable display stand - Google Patents

Abstract

Foldable display stands are used for the presentation of retail goods. In known display stands, which have inclined containers for the goods, the goods are only accessible from one side of the display stand. The new display stand is intended to allow goods situated in the containers to be accessible from two sides. In order to allow display of the goods on opposite sides of the display stand, there is arranged on the latter a second container (12) for goods which is arranged on the pulling tab of the top wall of the pedestal (3). The top edges of the side walls are each constructed rising towards one another in the manner of a gable. In the display position of the display stand (1), the top wall of the pedestal (3) rests on the top edges (13, 14) of the side walls in such a way that the two containers (2, 12) for goods are arranged on the pedestal (3) rising towards each other in the manner of a roof and each inclined towards the front wall (4) or rear wall (5) respectively. The display stand is suitable for displaying goods in sales rooms. It can be set up, in particular, alone or in a row of several display stands in the centre of wide sales passages. <IMAGE>

Description

The invention relates to a foldable floor stand made of cardboard or the like. with a goods container and a winding base supporting it, which comprises a front wall, a rear wall and a side wall connecting them, the upper edges of which are inclined to the horizontal, the front wall and the rear wall being connected by means of a foldable top wall which are connected in a carrying strap and in a pull tab is divided, and the goods container is also attached to the carrying tab.

Such floor stands serve to bring the goods in the goods container to the presentation in a few simple steps on the floor stand. The goods container also serves as packaging for the goods, as well as a presentation container.

A known floor stand is described in EP-A-54884. In this floor stand, the side walls are divided into a front and a rear partial area by a vertical joint line. The foldable top wall is subdivided by a fold line parallel to the front and rear wall into the carrying strap and the pulling strap. In the presentation position of the floor stand, both the pull tab and the carrying tab lie flat on the bottom of the goods container. In addition, the base has horizontal hinge lines extending both over the front and rear walls and over the side walls.

To fold the floor display into its non-use position, the goods container is on the Zugla cal associated side raised, whereby the front and rear partial surfaces of the side walls as well as pull and carrying tab are folded together. The base can then be folded around the horizontal hinge lines around the goods container.

Due to the inclined upper edges of the side walls, a fairly good presentation of the objects arranged in the goods container can already be achieved. However, the goods are only from one side, i.e. accessible from the front or back.

The invention has for its object to provide a floor stand of the type mentioned in such a way that an even better presentation of the objects arranged in the goods container is achieved, with in particular access to the goods on two opposite sides, i.e. from the front and the back of the Floor stand is possible.

This object is achieved in that the floor stand has a second goods container, which is arranged on the pull tab of the top wall, and that the upper edge of each side wall is gable-like rising against each other, with the top wall of the winding base in the presentation position of the floor stand on the top edges the side walls rests so that the two goods containers rise to each other in a roof-like manner and are arranged on the winding base at an angle to the front or rear wall.

This ensures in a simple manner that the objects located in the goods containers are accessible both from the front and from the rear of the floor stand. This makes the floor stand suitable especially for placing in the middle of wider aisles of sales rooms, since the goods are offered to customers on both sides of the floor exhibitor. It is even conceivable that several such floor stands are then placed in a row next to each other on the gable sides, so that they can practically replace a shelf. It is also of particular advantage that the better presentation can be achieved without the floor erector being easy to set up. The floor stand according to the invention can be folded up and set up just as easily as the known floor stand.

Although it would also be possible for both goods containers to be glued to the top wall, i.e. a goods container on the support bracket, the other on the pull tab, is provided according to a preferred embodiment that the two goods containers are articulated at their mutually facing lower wall edges and that the second goods container in the presentation position of the floor stand loosely rests on the pull tab of the winding base . According to this embodiment, therefore, only the first goods container is fastened on the top wall, specifically on the carrying strap. To fold the floor stand, it is then only necessary to lift the second goods container lying loosely on the pull tab until both goods containers are aligned, after which the winding base can then be placed around both goods containers.

According to a particularly preferred embodiment, the two goods containers on their mutually facing upper wall edges are gel with legs of a pointed roof-shaped, approximately vertically standing double-walled lid pointing downwards in the presentation position of the floor stand kig connected. This double-walled cover serves to cover one of the goods containers during the transport of the floor stand, since in this way the floor stand can also be formed with a lower winding base without one of the goods containers having to remain open during the transport of the floor stand. However, the double-walled lid has a double function, since it moves vertically when the floor stand is set up and can thus be used as an advertising space for the goods in the goods containers. The folding and opening of the lid is done completely independently, since the upper wall edges of the two goods containers are spaced apart from one another in the presentation position of the floor stand, so that the two legs of the lid are pointed to one another, as a result of which the double-walled lid assumes a stable position. If the second goods container is raised when the floor stand is folded, the upper wall edges of the two goods containers, and thus also the two legs of the double-walled lid, approach, so that the lid can be folded flat around its hinge lines.

The lid depth preferably corresponds approximately to the depth of the second goods container. In this way, the second goods container can be covered with the double-walled lid, while the first goods container is covered with the winding base in the transport position.

According to a preferred embodiment, the two goods containers have a common, one-piece base, which connects the two goods containers to one another in an articulated manner by means of a creasing line. This one-piece, continuous floor is not only advantageous for reasons of stability, it also facilitates precise positioning of the two goods containers when glued to the top wall. It is now only necessary to match the ridge line of the floor and the ridge line of the top wall of the base.

It is also advantageous that the double-walled lid can be fastened with the ends of its free legs to the side walls of the goods containers, so that the ends of the free legs form the rear walls of the goods containers in the presentation position of the floor stand. This means that the two goods containers are only separated from each other by the double-walled lid. With the double-walled lid removed and the goods containers folded up, they form a continuous box. The division into the two goods containers is made exclusively by the removable double-walled lid. This also has the advantage that the lid, which also serves as an advertising medium or poster surface, can be easily printed. In the event that different goods are to be gradually sold from one and the same floor display, it is also possible for the double-walled lid to be replaced by another with a new label. A particularly simple and yet stable attachment of the double-walled lid to the floor stand is achieved by the side walls of the goods containers being double-walled and the ends of the free legs of the double-walled lid having plug-in tabs with which the lid can be fastened to the goods containers. The tabs, which protrude approximately at right angles to the free ends of the legs of the double-walled lid, are simply inserted into the double-walled side walls of the goods containers for fastening the lid. This attachment ensures that, despite the easy removal of the cover, this is when the floor stand is set up easily unfolds into its vertical position without unintentionally detaching itself from the side walls of the goods container with its tabs.

According to a preferred development of the invention, the front wall and the rear wall are connected to one another at their opposite lower edges via a bottom flap. The bottom flap has a fold line such that it is arranged approximately parallel to the floor in the presentation position of the floor stand and in the folded position it projects downward over the lower edges of the front and rear walls. This bottom bracket has a double function. On the one hand, it makes it much easier to set up the floor stand, since the changing base is automatically brought into its set-up position when the crease line of the bottom flap is pressed onto the floor. This causes the bottom flap to spread, so that the rear wall and the front wall are pushed apart. The other function of the base plate is to ensure the stability of the base. If goods with a high weight are to be presented in the inclined goods containers, the two goods containers exert a force on the base which tends to bring the front and rear walls of the base closer together. This is counteracted by the floor bracket, which is approximately parallel to the floor in the presentation position of the floor stand.

It is also advantageous that a reinforcing tab is arranged in the corner area between the top wall, a side wall and the front or rear wall of the floor stand, which in the presentation position of the floor stand has a tapered V-shaped cross-section and in the folded position approximately in one Is level with the adjacent side wall, with the tapered long sides of the reinforcing tab each with the deck wall and a side wall are connected. This reinforcement tab also has a double function. On the one hand, since it prevents a material recess in the corner area between the top wall, a side wall and the front or rear wall, the risk of tearing at this point is greatly reduced due to an existing notch. At the same time, the reinforcement tab prevents the side walls from breaking out. It is therefore possible to design the floor stand so that the side walls in the presentation position of the floor stand are almost in one plane, so that the base of the floor stand practically assumes a cuboid shape. The risk that the side walls, which support the top wall and thus the goods containers with their gable, slide or break out laterally to the outside is substantially reduced by the fact that the reinforcing straps act as a kind of stop which limits the movement of the side walls to the outside.

An exemplary embodiment of the invention is explained in more detail below with reference to a drawing.

• Fig. 1 in einer perspektivischen, schematischen Darstellung einen erfindungsgemäßen Bodenauf­steller,
• Fig. 2 einen Vertikalschnitt entlang der Linie II-II durch den Bodenaufsteller aus Fig. 1,
• Fig. 3 den Bodenaufsteller aus Fig. 2 in der ersten Phase des Zusammenlegens,
• Fig. 4 den Bodenaufsteller aus Fig. 2 in einer zweiten Phase des Zusammenlegens,
• Fig. 5 den Bodenaufsteller aus Fig. 2 in zusammengeleg­tem Zustand und
• Fig. 6 ein weiteres Ausführungsbeispiel eines Bodenauf­stellers in einer ähnlichen Ansicht wie in Fig.5.

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• 1 is a perspective, schematic representation of a floor stand according to the invention,
• 2 shows a vertical section along the line II-II through the floor stand from FIG. 1,
• 3 shows the floor stand from FIG. 2 in the first phase of the folding,
• Fig. 4 shows the floor stand from Fig. 2 in a second Phase of merging,
• 5 shows the floor stand from FIG. 2 in the folded state and
• 6 shows another embodiment of a floor stand in a view similar to that in FIG. 5.

1 to 5, a first embodiment of a floor stand 1 according to the invention is shown. Fig. 1 shows the floor stand 1 in its presentation position.

The floor stand 1 comprises a goods container 2 and a winding base 3 carrying this.

The winding base 3 itself has an essentially cuboid shape and has a front wall 4, a rear wall 5 and side walls connecting them, which are divided into a front and a rear partial surface 7 and 8 by a vertical joint line 6.

As can be seen better from FIG. 2, the front wall 4 and the rear wall 5 of the winding base 3 are connected by means of a foldable top wall. The top wall is divided by a horizontal hinge line 9 into a support bracket 10 and a pull bracket 11. The goods container 2 is glued flat on the carrier tab 10.

As can also be clearly seen from FIGS. 1 and 2, the floor stand 1 has a second goods container 12 which is arranged on the pull tab 11 of the top wall. The upper edges 13 and 14 of the front partial surface 7 and the rear partial surface 8 of a side wall are gable tig rising against each other (see. Fig. 2). The top wall of the floor stand 1 lies with its pull tab 11 and its support tab 10 in the presentation position of the floor stand 1 on the upper edges 13 and 14 of the side walls in such a way that the two goods containers 2 and 12 rise to each other in a roof-like manner and in each case towards the front wall 4 and rear wall 5 are arranged inclined on the winding base 3.

As can be clearly seen from FIG. 2, only the goods container 2 is glued flat on the carrying tab 10 of the winding base 3. The two goods containers 2 and 12 are articulated to one another at their mutually facing lower wall edges 15 and 16 with an articulated bracket 17. In the presentation position of the floor stand 1, the second goods container 12 lies only loosely on the pull tab 11 of the winding base 3 (cf. FIG. 2). Instead of a separate hinge bracket 17, part of the pull bracket 11 can be cut out to the hinge line 9 and glued to the underside of the second goods container 12.

From Fig. 2 it can also be clearly seen that the two goods containers 2 and 12 are articulated on their mutually facing upper wall edges 18 and 19 with legs 20 and 21 of a pointed roof-shaped, approximately vertical double-walled lid 22 pointing downward in the presentation position of the floor stand 1 . The articulated connection between the cover 22 and the upper wall edges 18 and 19 of the goods containers 2 and 12 is effected via hinge lines 23 and 24. The two legs 20 and 21 of the cover 22 meet at the top in a crease line 25 forming the ridge.

As can clearly be seen from FIG. 3, this corresponds to Depth of the cover 22 is approximately the depth of the second goods container 12.

FIGS. 2 and 3 still show horizontally extending articulation lines 26 and 27 of the winding base 3.

The upper hinge line 26 is arranged at a distance b from the upper edge of the front wall 4 or rear wall 5. This distance b corresponds approximately to the overhang a of the goods container 2 beyond the front wall 4. The vertical distance d between the upper hinge line 26 and the lower hinge line 27 corresponds approximately to the container height c.

As can also be clearly seen from FIG. 3, the carrying tab 10 and the pull tab 11 are of the same size, so that the structure of the winding base 3 is essentially symmetrical. The roof pitches are the same size in the embodiment shown here. The vertical hinge line 6 of the side wall comprising the two partial surfaces 7 and 8 is arranged in the same plane as the horizontal hinge line 9 between the support bracket 10 and the pull bracket 11.

From the second intermediate position, which is shown in FIG. 4, it can be clearly seen that the front wall 4 and the rear wall 5 are connected to one another at their opposite lower edges 28 and 29 via a bottom flap 30. The bottom flap 30 has a crease line 31 extending transversely to the front or rear wall, which is produced by grooving such that when the bottom edges 28 and 29 are pressed together, the bottom flap 30 bends downward, as shown in FIG. 4.

As can also be clearly seen from FIG. 4, there is in the corner area 32 between the pull tab 11 and the carrying strap 10, the front or rear partial surface of a side wall 7 or 8 and the front or rear wall 4 or 5 of the floor stand 1, a reinforcing tab 33 is arranged.

In the presentation position of the floor stand and also in the intermediate position shown in FIG. 4, the reinforcing straps 33 have a V-shaped cross section. The V-shaped cross-section runs towards the corner.

With the long sides, that is, the free ends of the legs of the V cross-section, the reinforcing tabs 33 are each connected to the upper edges 13 and 14 of the side walls and to the lateral edges of the pull tab 11 and the carrying tab 10, respectively. The long sides of the reinforcement tab 33 end in the corner.

The reinforcement flap is made in one piece from the cardboard blank so that it lies in the plane of the floor stand (see FIG. 5) in one plane with the adjacent side wall, more precisely with the respective partial surface 7 or 8.

Due to the one-piece design of the reinforcing tab 33, there is no material recess in the corner areas 32 which would allow the corner area to be torn out due to a notch effect.

The mode of operation of the invention is explained below on the basis of the folding and setting up of the floor stand 1.

In Fig.2 the floor stand 1 is shown in its presentation position. In both goods containers 2 and 12 are the goods, not shown, ready for sale. It is clearly recognizable that a There is easy access to the goods from both the front and the back of the floor stand 1.

To fold the floor stand 1, the goods container 12 lying loosely on the pull tab 11 is first raised. As a result, the two upper wall edges 18 and 19 of the two goods containers 2 and 12 approach. The hinge lines 23 and 24 and the two legs 20 and 21 of the lid 22 also approach with the wall edges of the containers.

As soon as the two containers 12 and 2 lie in one plane, the articulated lines 23 and 24 practically coincide, so that the cover 22 can be folded over to cover the goods in the goods container 12. This state is shown in Fig.3.

If the floor stand 1 is now raised, the rear wall 5 of the winding base 3 guided through the pull tab 11 moves in the direction of the arrow A and thus approaches the front wall 4. The vertical hinge lines 6 of the opposite side walls approach each other so that the front and rear partial surface of the side walls come to lie between the front wall 4 and the rear wall 5. An intermediate position, in which front wall 4 and rear wall 5 have already come closer to one another, can be seen in FIG. 4.

While the goods containers 2 and 12 are held with one arm, pressure can be exerted on the rear wall 5 in the direction of arrow A with the remaining hand, which leads to the front wall 4 and rear wall 5 of the winding base 3 being folded onto one another. Then the winding base 3 can first be around the hinge line 26 and then around the hinge line 27 around the first goods container 2 This state is shown in Fig. 4.

The winding base 3 now serves as a lid for the goods container 2. In this state, the goods are safely stowed in the two goods containers 2 and 12 and secured against falling out.

The floor stand 1 is set up in the reverse order.

Starting from the state of the floor stand shown in FIG. 5, the winding base 3 is first folded down from the goods container 2. The container 2 and 12 with the winding base 3 folds up independently (see FIG. 4).

In this position, the bottom flap 30 points downward beyond the lower edges 28 and 29. The floor stand 1 is placed on the floor so that the crease line 31 of the bottom bracket 30 touches the floor. As a result, the front wall 4 and the rear wall 5 are spread apart, so that after the floor stand 1 has finally been set down, it assumes the state shown in FIG. 3. The hinge lines 6 of the side walls are slightly inward, so that the top wall consisting of the carrying tab 10 and pull tab 11 rests on the upper edges 13 and 14 of the side walls.

The reinforcing tabs 33 automatically move, as can be seen from FIG. 4, into a state in which they act as a stop for the two partial surfaces 7 and 8 of the side walls. The reinforcing tabs 33 are in the presentation position on the outside next to the side walls (cf. FIG. 3).

Then the second goods container 12 is folded down until it lies loosely on the pull tab 11. The upper wall edges 18 and 19 of the two goods containers 2 and 12 move away from one another, so that the joint lines 23 and 24 are also moved away from one another. As a result, the cover 22 automatically stands up in its vertical position shown in FIG. 2.

With these few steps, a presentation floor stand can be prepared from the transport container shown in FIG. 4. The goods are accessible from both sides. In the presentation position of the floor stand 1, the cover 22 serves as an advertising space.

6 shows a further exemplary embodiment of the invention.

The floor stand shown there differs from the above only in that the two goods containers 12 and 2 have a common, continuous floor 34 which connects the two goods containers 2 and 12 in an articulated manner by a creasing line 35.

The double-walled cover 22 has, at the ends 36 and 37 of its free legs, plug-in tabs 38 and 39 which are inserted into the side walls of the goods containers 2 and 12, which are not described in more detail.

For this purpose, the side walls of the goods container 2 and 12 are double-walled, so that the tabs 38 and 39 can be inserted between the walls.

The mode of operation of the second exemplary embodiment described here is essentially identical to that above described embodiment. In addition, however, it is possible to easily remove the double-walled lid 22 by pulling out the plug-in tabs 38 and 39 from the goods containers 2 and 12 and to exchange it for another lid which, for example, has a different label.

By placing several floor stands 1 together, a kind of sales shelf can be put together. This is particularly advantageous for the offer of seasonal goods, for example at Christmas time, since the offer of these goods can be done without the need to rearrange other sales shelves.

Claims (9)

1. Foldable floor stand made of cardboard or the like, with a goods container and a winding base supporting it, which comprises a front wall, a rear wall and side walls connecting them, the upper edges of which are inclined to the horizontal, the front wall and the rear wall being folded by means of a foldable Are connected to the top wall, which is divided into a carrying strap and a pulling strap, the goods container also being attached to the carrying strap, characterized in that the floor stand (1) has a second goods container (12) which euf the pull tab (11) of the Cover wall is arranged, and that the upper edge (13, 14) of each side wall (7, 8) is gable-like, rising against one another, the cover wall of the winding base (3) being in the presentation position of the floor stand (1) in such a way on the upper edges (13, 14 ) of the side walls (7,8) rests that the two goods containers (2,12) rise to each other like a roof gend and each inclined to the front wall (4) or rear wall (5) on the winding base (3). 2. Floor stand according to claim 1, characterized in that the two goods containers (2, 12) are articulated to one another at their mutually facing lower wall edges (15, 16) and in that the second goods container (12) in the presentation position of the floor stand (1) loosely rests on the pull tab (11) of the winding base (3). 3. Floor stand according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the two goods containers on their mutually facing, upper wall edges (18, 19) with in the presentation position of the floor stand down legs (20, 21) of a pointed roof approximately vertical, double-walled lid (20) are articulated. 4. Floor stand at least according to claim 3, characterized in that the lid depth corresponds approximately to the depth of the second goods container (12). 5. Floor stand according to at least one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the two goods containers (2, 12) have a common, one-piece bottom (34), the two goods containers (2, 12) articulated by means of a creasing line (35) connects with each other. 6. Floor stand according to at least one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the double-walled lid (22) with the ends (36, 37) of its free legs in the side walls of the goods container (2, 12) can be fastened so that the ends (36, 37) of the free legs in the presentation position of the floor stand form the respective rear walls of the goods containers. 7. Floor stand according to at least one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the side walls of the goods container (2, 12) are double-walled and the ends (36, 37) of the free legs of the double-walled cover have tabs (38, 39), with which the lid (22) can be fastened to the goods containers (2, 12). 8. Floor stand according to at least one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the front wall (4) and the rear wall (5) are connected at their opposite lower edges (28, 29) via a bottom flap (30) which has a fold line (31 ) in such a way that the bottom flap (30) is arranged approximately parallel to the floor in the presentation position of the floor stand (1) and, when folded, projects downward over the lower edges (28, 29) of the front and rear walls (4, 5). 9. Floor stand according to at least one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that in each case in the corner region (32) between the top wall (10, 11) of a side wall (7, 8) and the front or rear wall (4, 5) of Floor stand (1) is a reinforcing tab (33) is arranged, which in the presentation position of the floor stand (1) has a V-shaped cross-section tapering to the corner and in the folded position is approximately in one plane with the adjacent side wall (7, 8), the tapered Long sides of the reinforcing tab are each connected to the top wall (10, 11) and a side wall (7, 8).

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